Quote Originally Posted by reese View Post
Gloria got quite a bit of press when she joined Tina. In addition to the tour, I remember her appearing with Tina on Oprah as well as the Super Bowl Pre-Game Show. That was a really good tour.

Tina's last tour in 2008 was a good one as well, although I remember thinking it wasn't quite the Tina I knew. But at almost 70, that was to be expected.
Tina did great, all things considered, on the '08 final tour, and the audiences were rapturous, but it was indeed a necessarily lower-energy show. Tina sounded great and, noticeable to vintage fans, conserved energy by sometimes implying dance moves. I thought the costumes were not great and not flattering, and some of the 'show pieces' [[the hulk on stage during "We Don't Need Another Hero" comes to mind) were unfortunate and campy. All really petty claims but I do agree with you that the show could have been better.